Golf

Woods-Mickelson set for pay-per-view Thanksgiving weekend

The pay-per-view cost is to be announced later.

Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods shake hands after the first round of the Players Championship golf tournament. AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File

NEW YORK (AP) — The winner-take-all match between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson is on.

WarnerMedia says it has secured the rights for a pay-per-view event it is promoting as “The Match.” It will be 18 holes between Woods and Mickelson held Thanksgiving weekend at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas. The winner will receive $9 million.

The pay-per-view cost is to be announced later.

Woods announced that the match was on in a tweet , setting off Twitter banter with Mickelson , who only signed up for a Twitter account Wednesday.

WarnerMedia says pay-per-view coverage will be distributed through Turner’s B/R Live, AT&T DirecTV and U-verse, and other on-demand platforms. HBO Sports and Bleacher Report will take part in the promotion.

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Woods and Mickelson will make side bets during the match on such things as longest drive or closest to the pin.